Ping Availability Threshold

From the WhatsUp Gold navigation menu:

1. Select Settings > Alerts and Actions > Alert Center.

   Alert Center Libraries view displays.

2. Click Thresholds Library panel (to expand it if collapsed).

   The Thresholds Library displays.

3. On the Thresholds Library panel, click the "add" button ().

   The Select Threshold Type dialog displays.

4. Choose Ping Availability Threshold and click OK. (This adds a new Ping Availability Threshold to your library.)

   The New/Edit Ping Availability Threshold Alert dialog displays. (Now, you must configure your Ping Availability Threshold.)

5. Edit the Ping Availability Threshold configuration.

Configure Ping Availability Threshold Threshold:

1. Select VMware, then click OK.

   The Edit Ping Availability Threshold dialog displays.
   

2. Complete the box with the appropriate information:
   • Name. Enter a name for the VMware threshold. The name entered here is displayed as the threshold's dashboard report title on the Alert Center Home page.
   • Virtualization Events type. Select an event type to qualify against the threshold. One of the following:
     • All HA (High Availability) error events
     • All Virtual machine migration events
     • All security related events
     • Other events

   Note: You must first enable collection of Other events in Device Properties (Virtual panel) before they can be applied to a threshold type.

   Note: For more information about event types and event type selection, see the Configure VMware event listener dialog help.

3. Select an alert mode:
   • Single event.
     The threshold will alert immediately if an event occurred within the last Threshold Check of t minutes. Select if you want to alert after detection of a single event for the specified interval (where t = the specified time interval).
   • Frequency of events. (0 or more events observed during the specified time interval).
     The threshold will alert when: Select if you want to alert on a number of events that occur (or fail to occur) within a specified time window.
     • Number of events [ exceeds | falls below] n. Use to consider the number of events of the selected event type that must be received before firing the alert, where <exceeds_or_falls_below> determines if the number should Exceed or Fall Below the threshold value, and <number> is the threshold value.
     • in the past <number> <unit_of_time>. Use this setting to configure the number and units of time that the threshold check should check for events, where <number> is the number of units of time, and <unit_of_time> is the unit of time.
4. Select the policy you want to apply to the threshold from the Notification boxes. Use the browse (...) button to access the Alert Center Notification Policies dialog. You can create new policies or edit existing policies from the Alert Center Notification Policies dialog.
5. Enter the number of minutes to wait between threshold checks in the Threshold Check area of the dialog.
6. Click OK to apply changes the configuration.

Clone a threshold based on a custom or built-in configuration:

1. Click on a threshold on the Thresholds Library panel you want to copy.
2. Click the Copy button, and click OK to create a new Ping Availability Threshold.

   The Edit Ping Availability Threshold dialog displays.

3. Save or customize your new threshold, either:
   • Type in a new value for Name field (or keep the default) and click OK to save to the Thresholds Library.
   • Follow the Edit Ping Availability Threshold instructions.

Delete an existing Ping Availability Threshold:

1. Click a Ping Availability Threshold you want to delete from the Ping Availability Threshold panel.
2. Click the Delete button, and then click Yes to confirm the deletion.

   The Ping Availability Threshold configuration is deleted.